HCM City has announced the 8th annual ICT Awards, saying nominations will be received until the end of September.

 Many international technology corporations are offering to review businesses' network security after Vietnam Airlines was hacked recently.

 Hanoi has been listed among 20 most attractive cities globally in software production, and is striving to stand in top 10, revealed Director of the municipal Department of Information and Communications Phan Lan Tu.

 Demand for IT security experts is increasing while there is already a short supply, resulting in increasing cyber attacks around the world.

VietNamNet Bridge – Cam cu bon (Hoya bonii) flowers have been discovered in Cat Ba Island of the northern port city of Hai Phong, over 100 years since this species was announced (1884).

VietNamNet Bridge – According to the latest information from the local Internet Service Providers (ISP), normal Internet transmission in Vietnam resumed on August 24.

 The BKAV Technology Group officially launched last week its new anti-virus software BKAV 2016, which is equipped with new technology against information leak.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications is considering the impact of Pokemon Go to society and may ban the game in Vietnam. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to the latest announcement, the repair of the AAGcable route will be completed on August 24, three days behind the initial plan.

 Viet Nam must build a creative and sustainable eco-system for the Internet of Things (IoT) in order to take part in the international IoT supply chain and achieve a turnover of US$10 billion by 2020, a technology insider has said.

The coverage of 3G and 4G services in Vietnam is at an average level, but the service quality is at the lowest level, according to the latest report on speed of mobile networks in the world by released by OpenSignal.

 It is time for Vietnam to implement the 4G LTE network to meet customers’ rising demand for high-speed data services, according to telecom experts. 

 Two models of Nokia feather phones are to be launched by the end of this year in Vietnam but the phone maker declined to elaborate on its plans to return to the country.

 Winning "Start-up of the year" award, TicketBox, an application on selling event tickets online, will go to the Philippines for the Rice Bowl Start-up Awards on a regional scale this September.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) will develop and submit a strategic plan on cyber information security to the government, according to Minister Truong Minh Tuan.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology will create the best possible mechanisms and policies for high-tech parks as well as businesses of the Asian Science Parks Association to expand cooperation in Vietnam. 

 Samsung Galaxy Note 7 will hit the market on August 19 and cost VND18.99 million (US$859).

 Vietnam Satellite Digital Television VSTV (K+) has launched a special offer for new subscribers and announced that HCM City Cable Television (HTVC) is the 6th co-distributor of 4 K+ channel.

 A forum on  Big Data Innovation Summit 2016  will take place in August 26, 2016, in HCM City 

 A programme to select the top 50 IT firms in Vietnam in 2016 has been officially kicked off by VINASA (Vietnam Software and IT Service Association).